Apple’s app store was a brilliant move on their part because it is a one stop shop for every iPhone application and because they developed a great payment program, where developers take 70% of revenue and Apple keeps 30% to maintain and host the store. This is great for developers and Apple and if the developer wants to make the application free, then they do not have to pay to host the app. This makes buying and installing applicatioons so simple because instead of going on Google and searching the whole web for a program, you can search a all inclusive store and find every app that meets that criteria. Linux has a very similar model with their Add/Remove Program installer where users can simply check boxes to install linux applications and not need to go onto the internet to get programs although there are more applications online. I think every major operating system should add this function to their operating system and partner with major and minor software developers and try to get as many applications availible.I am not saying the iphone model is going to work for everyone I think they should leave software installation the same as it has always been but develop this “store” to make applications easier to find and buy for the users and less expensive to distribute for the producers and just makes getting software so easy!